Although starting a new business is one of the most exciting and rewarding endeavours you can undertake, it can also be fraught with challenges. And one of the first challenges is how to fund your start up costs. To get your new venture off the ground, you'll need to create a scalable business model, determine how much money you need, find the right funding option—each of which has its advantages and disadvantages—and plan carefully to make sure you spend the money wisely. In this article, Vivek...

As technological advances continue to transform the world we live in, there are those who feel they may come at a hefty price. While artificial intelligence (AI) experts and ethicists argue over the risks posed by this technology—including the late Professor Stephen Hawking's dire warning that "the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race"—AI isn't the only threat posed by our digital future. Here, Mark Hardy explores the potential cost to society of a "m...

Keeping your startup afloat and getting it to your intended destination is no easy task. Every business encounters rough seas from time to time and the key to staying on course is to continually measure your progress towards long-term goals. And to accurately measure your progress, you need to know which metrics and data are the most important at each stage of your journey. "As your business evolves, so should the metrics you track," writes Craig Bloem, who shares here the key metrics that will ...